From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HIRE occurs
8 times
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1.
... hire.'
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
In
fact, it
came right out of the
Bible -- a
voice kept saying to me, 'The
laborer is
worthy of his
hire.'
2.
... hire.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
Our
Twelfth Step is
never to be
paid for, but those
who
labor in
service for
us are
worthy of their
hire.
3.
... hire.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
4.
... hire.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
5.
... hire a
bodyguard if he expected to ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
In the
doctor's
judgment
he was
utterly hopeless; he could
never regain his
position in
society and he would have to place himself under
lock and
key or
hire a
bodyguard if he
expected to
live long.
6.
... hire A.A.
staff members.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
7.
... hire halls,
make hospital arrangements, and entreat ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
8.
... hire service
workers nor could any A.A. ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had
declared that our
Fellowship couldn't
hire service workers nor could
any
A.A. member carry our
knowledge into
other
fields, we were
taking the
counsel of
fear,
fear which
today has been
largely dispelled in the
light of
experience.
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